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spring or summer. Transplant them to five-inch pots and 

 keep them watered with liquid manure. Wood ashes may be 

 used to supply potash and increase the fruit crop. Pine 

 needles on top of the soil will help to retain the moisture and 

 keep the fruits clean. 



This is the best time also to mulch the out-door strawberry 

 beds (Fig. 137). Let the litter remain between the rows next 

 spring until after picking time. Clean straw, marsh hay, 

 leaves or com stalks may be spread over the vines several 

 inches deep. 



Eemember to spread manure about the trees, bush fruits, 

 hedges and shade trees. 



When the ground freezes, give the lawn grass a heavy 

 dressing of half rotted barnyard manure. 



Late in the month prune all fruit and shade trees, hedges, 

 vines and shrubs. 



